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The Polski-Vortex-Flotera Ransomware Connection

A malware author that loves Polish hip hop music appears to be behind the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera (spelled ?l?t???) ransomware families that have made a small number of victims between January and March this year [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-polski-vortex-flotera-ransomware-connection/
Spam Sent by Necurs Botnet Is Trying & Succeeding in Altering Stock Market Prices

The Necurs botnet is back and active again, but instead of spreading the Locky ransomware or the Dridex banking trojan, its operators are engaged in a spam scheme that tries to boost a company's stock market price artificially. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spam-sent-by-necurs-botnet-is-trying-andamp-succeeding-in-altering-stock-market-prices/
New LLTP Ransomware Appears to be a Rewritten Venus Locker

A new ransomware was discovered today by MalwareHunterTeam called LLTP Ransomware or LLTP Locker that is targeting Spanish speaking victims. On a closer look, this ransomware appears to be a rewritten version of the VenusLocker ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-lltp-ransomware-appears-to-be-a-rewritten-venus-locker/
LastPass Bugs Allow Malicious Websites to Steal Passwords

LastPass says it patched one of two separate bugs that affected its Chrome and Firefox browser extensions, which if exploited, would have allowed a third-party to extract passwords from users visiting a malicious website. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-bugs-allow-malicious-websites-to-steal-passwords/
Opera 44 Released with Support for Apple's Touch Bar

Opera Software released today version 44 of the Opera web browser. This release's main feature is support for Apple's new Touch Bar display, which the company added for recent MacBook models. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/opera-44-released-with-support-for-apples-touch-bar/
Malvertising Campaign on Adult Sites Spreads Ramnit Trojan

Security researchers from Malwarebytes have discovered a new malvertising campaign targeting visitors of several adult websites, spreading the Ramnit trojan and focusing on users from Canada and the UK. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malvertising-campaign-on-adult-sites-spreads-ramnit-trojan/
Word Document Spreads Macro Malware Targeting Both Windows and macOS

After last month security researchers discovered the first-ever Word document spreading macro malware on macOS, last week, researchers from Fortinet spotted a Word document that contained macro scripts that distributed both Windows and macOS malware at the same time, depending on the OS it managed to infect. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/word-document-spreads-macro-malware-targeting-both-windows-and-macos/
Bluetooth Bug Lets Burglars Disable Google Nest Cams

Burglars can use a recently disclosed security flaw affecting several Google Nest cams to make vulnerable cameras go offline for approximately 60 to 90 seconds. The flaw can be exploited via the cameras' Bluetooth connection and can provide thieves with the time window they need to get close and break into a home unseen. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluetooth-bug-lets-burglars-disable-google-nest-cams/
This Security Expert Wants to Turn Defunct Online Stores into Malware Honeypots

Willem de Groot, a Dutch security expert, is asking owners of defunct or soon-to-be-dead online stores to donate their domains so he can set up honeypots and track credit card stealing malware and other types of cyber-attacks on e-commerce targets. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/this-security-expert-wants-to-turn-defunct-online-stores-into-malware-honeypots/
Google Reducing Trust in Symantec Certificates Following Numerous Slip-Ups

Google Chrome engineers announced plans today to gradually remove trust in old Symantec SSL certificates and intent to reduce the accepted validity period of newly issued Symantec certificates, following repeated slip-ups on the part of Symantec. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-reducing-trust-in-symantec-certificates-following-numerous-slip-ups/
Nearly One Million Android Users Installed 87 Malicious Minecraft Mods

News of malicious Android apps hosted on the Google Play Store doesn't seem to stop coming these days, as ESET and Zscaler researchers recently disclosed they've reported nearly 100 malicious apps they recently come across. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-one-million-android-users-installed-87-malicious-minecraft-mods/
New Attack "XSSJacking" Combines Clickjacking, Pastejacking, and Self-XSS

Security researcher Dylan Ayrey detailed last week a new web-based attack named XSSJacking that combines three other techniques — Clickjacking, Pastejacking, and Self-XSS — to steal data from careless users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-attack-xssjacking-combines-clickjacking-pastejacking-and-self-xss/